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WOMEN MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN
This page lists all current
(as at March 2011) women members of the 31st Dáil Éireann, elected in
February 2011. The Dáil has 166 TDs (Teachtaí Dála), elected by PR-STV
for a maximum five-year term. There are currently forty-three parliamentary
constituencies which depending on size return between three and five
elected representatives. Twenty five women TDs were returned in the
2011 elections, an increase of three on 2007. The elections saw significant
changes with Fianna Fáil failing to return any women, while Fine
Gael more than doubled their female representation (Fine Gael women
TDs increased from five in 2007 to eleven in 2011). The 2011 elections
saw six women TDs retire including some longserving women such as Fianna
Fáil's Mary Wallace and Beverley Flynn, Labour's Liz McManus
and the Mary Harney from the Progressive Democrats. Fourteen new women
TDs were elected. Table 2 shows how many women each
party has among its deputies with the overall percentage of women elected
in 2011 at just 15%. A separate
page lists all former women TDs.
Table 1: Current women TDs
|
Name
|
Party
|
Constituency
|
Dates
|
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Mitchell,
Olivia
|
Fine Gael
|
Dublin South
|
1997-date
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| Byrne,
Catherine |
Fine
Gael |
Dublin
South Central |
2007-date
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| Creighton,
Lucinda |
Fine
Gael |
Dublin
South East |
2007-date
|
|
Aine
Collins
|
Fine
Gael
|
Cork
North West
|
2011-date
|
|
Marcella
Corcoran Kennedy
|
Fine
Gael
|
Laois
Offaly
|
2011-date
|
|
Regina
Doherty
|
Fine
Gael
|
Meath
East
|
2011-date
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Frances
Fitzgerald
|
Fine Gael
|
Dublin
Mid West
|
1992-2002;
2011-date
|
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Heather
Humphreys
|
Fine
Gael
|
Cavan
Monaghan
|
2011-date
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Nicky
McFadden
|
Fine
Gael
|
Longford
West Meath
|
2011-date
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Mary
Mitchell O'Connor
|
Fine
Gael
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Dun
Laoghaire
|
2011-date
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Michelle
Mulherin
|
Fine
Gael
|
Mayo
|
2011-date
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Burton,
Joan
|
Labour
|
Dublin West
|
1992-97, 2002-date
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Lynch,
Kathleen
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Labour
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Cork North
Central
|
1994-97, 2002-date
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O’Sullivan,
Jan
|
Labour
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Limerick
East
|
1998-date
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Shortall,
Róisín
|
Labour
|
Dublin North
West
|
1992-date
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| Tuffy,
Joanna |
Labour |
Dublin
Mid West |
2007-date
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Ciara
Conway
|
Labour
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Waterford
|
2011-date
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Anne
Ferris
|
Labour
|
Wicklow
|
2011-date
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Ann
Phelan
|
Labour
|
Carlow-Kilkenny
|
2011-date
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Joan
Collins
|
United
Left Alliance
|
Dublin
South Central
|
2011-date
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Clare
Daly
|
United
Left Alliance
|
Dublin
North
|
2011-date
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Mary
Lou McDonald
|
Sinn
Fein
|
Dublin
Central
|
2011-date
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Sandra
McLellan
|
Sinn
Fein
|
Cork
East
|
2011-date
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Catherine
Murphy
|
Independent
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Kildare
North
|
2005-2007;
2011-date
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Maureen
O'Sullivan
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Independent
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Dublin Central
|
2009-date
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Table
2: 31st Dáil Éireann by gender and party
|
Party
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Women
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Men
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% Women
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Fianna
Fáil
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0
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20
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0
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Fine Gael
|
11
|
65
|
14.5
|
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Labour
|
8
|
29
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22..
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United
Left Alliance
|
2
|
3
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40..
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| Sinn
Fein |
2
|
12
|
14
|
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Independents/Others
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2
|
12
|
14
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Total
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25
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141..
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15..
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